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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1910
Page
9
A local display advertises porch pillows made from burlap with simple decorative styling. Prices are not listed, and the text focuses on the crafts and material choice rather than quantities or retailer details.
The Folly theatre hosts a Eugene Commercial club event for a Good Roads meeting Monday June 6 from 1 to 4 30 with speeches by Judge Lionel R Webster of Portland Oregon Good Roads League chair and Maurice W Eldredge of Washington DC. Stereopticon road building views show country methods. An evening meeting is planned with undetermined venue. Professor Fink of Oregon University attends with Kis elasa and Irving Grange will bring a delegation.
Weekly report lists prices for dairy products meats and produce in Eugene. Butter per roll 45 to 60 cents. Turkeys 16 to 18 cents per pound. Potatoes 45 cents. Onions 1.75 per hundredweight. Lemons 45 dollars per box. Oranges 2.75 to 3.25. Cows 3 1/2 to 3 1/2 cents per pound. Steers 3 1/4 to 3 1/4. Veal under 126 pounds 1 3/4 to 2 cents. Dressed hogs 11 cents. Lambs 4 cents. Flour 5.76 per barrel. Wheat 1.05 per bushel. Bran 29 per ton. Mixed feed 23 per ton. Shorts 32 per ton. Baled hay 17. Osate 50 cents per bushel. Rolled barley 32 dollars per ton.
Portland Oregon June 2 The early week heat blistered nearly ripe berries causing crop damage while overall growth quickened. Straw market prices range from 25 cents to 1.25 dollars in the farmers market and on Front Street, with noted regional price variation.
Market notes report pricing from one and a half to two dollars for select Clarks, with limited supply and scarce high sales above $1.25. Berry receipts are heavy today and quality remains good. New fancy Oregons appear, resembling Magoons in look but sweeter and more uniform. Best Oregon berries approach Clark prices in quality.
Prices for strawberries show a likely yearly low within 24 hours as several days of picking reach markets and shipments surge. Canning demand remains light until processing begins, while dried fruits see solid demand with eastern buyers buying peaches and firm apricot trade. Prunes show active jobbing and higher seller asks, with California and Oregon stocks noted and 25-pound boxes at 7 cents. Stocks on spot reduced to about 25 carloads and futures interest limited.
The Portland Union Stockyards in North Portland Oregon reported heavy receipts across cattle hogs and sheep. Extra select California steers sold at 5.90 while best hogs drew no more than 10 raising concerns over market softness. An inland ewes price rose 10 cents amid overall sluggish demand.
Portiaed markets show cattle with best steers at 5.75, ordinary 5.50, common 4.50 to 5.5, cows 5.00 top fancy 4.50, poor 4.25. heifers 5.10, stage 4.50, bulls 2.56 to 3.75. Hogs top 10.15 east of mountains, stockers 9.00. Sheep yearling wethers 4.50 to 4.85, old wethers 5.68 to 6.84, spring lambs 5.75 to 6.00, ewes 4.00 to 5.0. Calves best 6, ordinary 5.50, poor 4 to 5.
Market listings show prices for sheepskins wool and hides, butter and eggs, poultry and cheese, with ranges for tallow, mohair, and Mohal. grain and hay values, wheat and flour rates, oats, corn, and barley pricing, plus fresh fruits vegetables potatoes onions apples and dressed meats. Read across values reflect regional Oregon markets with multiple entities and commodity lines.
Zelma Paxton Steckel died at Marshfield on May 16 1910 and her remains will be brought to Eugene for interment. Lizzie Renfro died at Jasper on May 15 1910 at age 32, survived by husband and father. funeral held there with interment in the nearby cemetery.
Sidney R. Allen a Eugene druggist and Miss Edna Tostevin of Ashland married by Rev W T Van Scoy, then departed for Eugene. Allen a State Normal School graduate formerly worked as a local druggist. The item also promotes Dr Shoop's Rheumatic Remedy and a free book offer via Racine Wisconsin, with Yerington's Drug Store selling the product.
Two births recorded in Eugene and nearby on May 29 and May 30 1910. R E Markham and wife welcomed a son at 336 High street Eugene while J W Brighton and wife had a son near Eugene. In Eugene R E B Smith and wife welcomed Robert William Kuykendall, whose mother is daughter of Dr and Mrs W Kuykendall.
Mrs. O H P Cornelius of Turner Oregon reports Snow Liniment cured poison oak poisoning a painful condition. She says it relieved her own case and helped two friends with the same ailment. Available at Dillon's Drug Store priced 25 cents 50 cents and one dollar.
An old advertisement touts Dr Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets claiming pain relief in twenty minutes. It urges consulting physicians or druggists, notes a 25e box formula, and offers a free trial from Dr Shoop in Racine Wisconsin. Sold by Yorington's Drug Store.
The superintendent of the Oregon Southeastern railway resigns to head the Carlton and Tillamook railroad the construction of which starts within two weeks. Promoters include Fred Rowell and W. B. Dennis tied to Carlton Lumber. Londen departs Cottage Grove around June 1 after seven years here. family to relocate to Carlton where headquarters will be.
An advertisement touts Bucklen Arnica Salve as the quickest healer for wounds burns boils and skin ailments priced at 25 cents. It also notes the Lane county exhibit at the Portland Chamber of Commerce building urging farmers and fruit growers to send product samples for exhibition credit coordinated by the Eugene Commercial Club.
Paul Mathulka of Buffalo endorses Dr Kings New Life Pills as a reliable cure for stomach liver and kidney troubles. The ad claims benefits for the whole family and notes the product costs 25 cents at W A Kuykendall's store.
Professor E F E DeCoy retired this morning from Corvallis where he acted as one of the judges in the triangular oratorical contest between A C Whitman college and Washington State College. Edwin Burgess representing Washington State College won first prize with "America's Conspicuous Failure." Henry Reborn of Whitman was second with "The Nation Under the Cloud." C DeBpain of O A C was third with "The Duty of Civilisation."
Antiseptic salve offered to treat skin troubles including sores ulcers eczema and pimples. Dr Bells Antiseptic Salve promised as the best with a 25 cent box price. Dillon Drug Co sells it widely.
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